الواقع الجديد موقع إخباري منوع مستقل
(Alwaqa Aljad. eed) Wednesday, November 2nd , 2016 / Hadramout
As a regarded awareness of the Lawyers Association in Hadramout with its legal and humanitarian responsibility in the defense of human rights and adhering to principles in supporting justice and belief of the national role in ensuring the security and the normalization of life in Hadramout .
The union committee has been formed for the prisoners’ conditions and to investigate the allegations of human rights violations suffered by the facility detention of detainees (prison) after the control of the Hadrami elite forces that backed by the supporting of the Arab alliance forces in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for Mukalla and the cities in the coastal region of Hadhramout which controlled by Al-Qaeda and the consequent of the precautionary security procedures led to the arrest of a number of defendants and suspects.
Therefore the Committee was held, after its formation, a series of ongoing meetings to approve its program of work and communicate with the competent authorities in Hadramout to explain the objectives and programs of work at the forefront of Major / Ahmed Saeed Bin Break, the governor of Hadramout province, who showed great understanding and responsive to the Committee and its goals, which resulted in contract an interview in which the committee briefed the governor on humanitarian and legal functions to show the facts to protect the rights and freedom of citizens as one of the lawyer Association functions under the law No. (31) for the year 1999.
For his part, the governor expressed his reaction in charge with the idea of the functions of the committee and recommended the competent authorities to facilitate the committee’s mission and enable them to implement their work programs and to achieve humanitarian and legal objectives through to have a look closely at the prison and the prisoners’ conditions and to carry out the field visits for any prison to show the truth as it is and inform public opinion. The committee emphasized that
the meeting was characterized by openness, transparency and a spirit of responsibility.
In this sense, the Committee was able after intensive contacts with the competent authorities on the establishment (prison) in Al-Rayyan, which is considered a place of detention for the accused and suspects and those involved in terrorist acts, and after their approval of the committee visit, which was carried out on Thursday, 27.10.2016 where they were greeted to committee warmly from the leadership of the site and those in charge of the property and held a meeting with them to explain the tasks and procedures followed in such cases. The committee listened the overall details summoned to the establishment of this facility (prison) and they presented to the committee all the information and to respond to inquiries from members of the committee, The meeting could spirited brotherhood, frankness and clarity.
After that the committee has been able to monitor and inspect around the facility (prison) the committee made sure that Al-Rayyan prison is an alternative to the central prison in Mukalla and came upon the directives and asked the local authority to maintain and under the sovereignty of the of the state and its supervision and in cooperation with the Arab alliance forces. The committee held meetings with a number of the detainees through random samples and unilaterally by the committee only in order to see the situation inside the prison. The committee managed by its presence at Al-Rayyan prison to visit places of detention and ancillary facilities in it and ensured the safety of the procedures.
Therefore the committee has announced a public opinion highlights according to what had drawn from this visit as follows: –
1. The Committee emphasizes that who initiates the investigation with detainees inside the prison are Yemeni officers together with officers from the Arab alliance forces.
2. The committee confirm that the places of detention (rooms) are appropriate, both in terms of space and the number of detainees in each room proportion that fit the area , size and hygiene conditions with available and provided facilities of their pools and others. The level of nutrition ,according to the committee and some of the detainees, confirms that they live up to excellent level with available healthy and chilled drinking water in constant .
3. The committee asserts that it did not monitor any effects or signs of torture on one of the detainees and did not receive any complaints or suggestions or signals from them indicate using any kind of violence against them.
4. The committee emphasizes that detention authority have provided medical clinic located in the prison with essential needs for health care by Yemeni and Arab alliance doctors for detainees, as well as observed consideration for patients for chronic diseases such as diabetes and blood pressure by providing free treatments. Also addressed cases within the internal emergency either in medical clinic or transferred to a hospital outside the prison if necessary. As the committee noted the attention of established management procedures and the requirements of security and safety within the prison.
5. The committee emphasizes that after seeing the number of documents provided by the leadership of the facility (prison), which proved that it was the release of a large number of suspects who do not prove any charge after the completion of interrogation procedures and at the direction of Major General Ahmed Bin Break , the governor of Hadramout and the head of the security committee.
From here, the committee accomplishes this task to express great thanks and gratitude to the response of the local authority to the governor / Ahmed Saeed Bin Break which had a positive impact in checking their results and contributed to the achievement of its objectives and that expressed over his eagerness to prevail justice and transparency and to work in a spirit of humanity and legal responsibility epitomized by word and deed through welcomed the formation of the committee and cooperation with achievement tasks and guidance to the competent authorities to work with the values which it announced a new phase entitled transparency, justice , the triumph of the humanitarian and legal values for the beginning of an era of security and social peace in Hadramout. So the committee appreciates highly value this spirit by him and wish that this behavior is the title of the next phase in Hadramout for goodness and peace that embodies all those responsible persons in dealing with such issues.
The Committee also expressesed its appreciation and gratitude to the leadership of the facility (prison) for the warm reception and great understanding of the functions and when they provided the appropriate environment and cooperated achievement of the visit goals and informed explanations without reservation or evasion. They allowed the committee to visit the prison to meet a number of detainees without hindrance. Such behavior is the first aspect in Hadramout if compared with previous similar issues that were talked about; to regarded as just falling in compromising national security. The Committee values and appreciates the humanitarian situation and it emphasizes the need for the continuation of such visits and meetings to facilitate the functions of the committee in future to respond any inquires will be made by the committee in order to preserve the rights of detainees and safety procedures against them and to ensure the continued quality of services provided to them in the jail.
At the final conclusion the committee recommends the local authorities and the government for the following: –
1. Activate the role of prosecutors and the competent court to speed the assignment of detainees’ files for investigation and act according to the law.
2. The urgency for the rehabilitation of the central prison and detention centers in the directorates of security and police stations to be valid and meets the legal standards as places of detention.
3. Activation of contact assigned by the Office for the families of prisoners to continue through the liaison officer in charge of this matter and to announce a phone number for citizens to communicate through it.
4. Informing the committee in case it is decided to release a detainee or a number of detainees by releasing process.
5. Allowing the committee for sudden visits facility (jail) if necessary.
In the conclusion, the committee confirms that with great effort it supports the rights of justice , equality, and legal humanitarian principles.
“Allah Save Hadramout security and stability”
Issued by the Committee of the Lawyer Association in Hadramout on access to prisoners’ conditions and to investigate allegations of human rights violations in Mukalla city, on Monday, 31.10.2016
Translted by: Nabeel Ali